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Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - I shot Albatross

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - I shot Albatross
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, With my crossbow I shot the Albatross

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - sails made

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - sails made
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, It ceased; yet still the sails made on, a pleasant noise till noon

Background imagePoetry Collection: T.S. Eliot

T.S. Eliot
Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), was a literary pioneer who was a poet, editor, critic, and playwright who the Nobel Prize in literature in 1948

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Water Snakes

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Water Snakes
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water snakes

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Game is done

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Game is done
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Game is done ! I ve won I ve won ! Quoth she, and whistles thrice

Background imagePoetry Collection: Sophocles

Sophocles ( circa 496a'406 bc ), Greek playwright

Background imagePoetry Collection: St. George of merry England

St. George of merry England
Vintage engraving of a verse from Spensers Faerie Queene, with an image of Saint George and the Dragon. 1892

Background imagePoetry Collection: Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer as a pilgrim on horseback

Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer as a pilgrim on horseback
Geoffrey Chaucer depicted as a pilgrim on horseback

Background imagePoetry Collection: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
(Original Caption) Elizabeth Barret Browning (1806-1861), English poet and wife of Robert Browning. Head and shoulders daguerreotype, ca. 1848

Background imagePoetry Collection: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow In His Study

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow In His Study
(Original Caption) Longfellow in his study. Photo

Background imagePoetry Collection: The Distressed Poet by William Hogarth

The Distressed Poet by William Hogarth
Scene from the life of an impoverished poet

Background imagePoetry Collection: Pot Showing Odysseus Under The Ram

Pot Showing Odysseus Under The Ram
(Original Caption) Attic-period Greek pot (red-figured pelike) depicting Odysseus under the ram. Undated photograph. BPA2 #3250

Background imagePoetry Collection: Hiawatha's Wooing by Currier and Ives

Hiawatha's Wooing by Currier and Ives
An 1860 lithograph by Currier & Ives showing a scene from The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Background imagePoetry Collection: A Scene From Goethe'S Poem 'Faust'

A Scene From Goethe'S Poem "Faust"
(Original Caption) Picture shows a scene from Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe's poem, "Faust

Background imagePoetry Collection: Sentimental Victorian Valentine'S Card

Sentimental Victorian Valentine'S Card
(Original Caption) Picture shows a sentimental Victorian valentine. Undated

Background imagePoetry Collection: A Scene From Goethe'S Poem 'Faust'

A Scene From Goethe'S Poem "Faust"
(Original Caption) Picture shows a scene from Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe's poem, "Faust

Background imagePoetry Collection: A Scene From Goethe'S Poem 'Faust'

A Scene From Goethe'S Poem "Faust"
(Original Caption) Picture shows a scene from Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe's poem, "Faust

Background imagePoetry Collection: A Duel Scene From Goethe Poem 'Faust'

A Duel Scene From Goethe Poem "Faust"
(Original Caption) Picture shows a scene from Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe's poem, "Faust

Background imagePoetry Collection: Portrait of Petrarch by Robert Hart

Portrait of Petrarch by Robert Hart
(Original Caption) Petrarch

Background imagePoetry Collection: Portrait Of Edward Markham

Portrait Of Edward Markham
(Original Caption) 4/8/1921-Shown here is Edwin Markham

Background imagePoetry Collection: American Poet and Author Stephen Benet

American Poet and Author Stephen Benet
Stephen Vincent Benet (1898-1943), American poet and author, winner of Pulitzer Prize for poetry

Background imagePoetry Collection: African American Poet Countee Cullen

African American Poet Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen, poet whose volume of poems, "Color" appeared in 1925. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

Background imagePoetry Collection: American Poet John Gould Fletcher

American Poet John Gould Fletcher
(Original Caption) John Gould Fletcher, whose book of poetry Selected Poems, won him the annual $1, 000 Pulitzer Award for the most distinguished book of poetry

Background imagePoetry Collection: English Poet Coventry Patmore

English Poet Coventry Patmore
(Original Caption) Head-and-shoulders portrait of English-born poet Coventry Patmore. Undated photograph

Background imagePoetry Collection: Portrait of Am Poet Joaquin Miller

Portrait of Am Poet Joaquin Miller
(Original Caption) Profile portrait of American poet Joaquin Miller (1837-1913). Undated photograph

Background imagePoetry Collection: Couple Kissing, ca. 1905

Couple Kissing, ca. 1905
(Original Caption) Two lovers kissing, labeled with the verse: "To me you are the dearest girl, The true embodiment of grace

Background imagePoetry Collection: Manuscript of The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus

Manuscript of The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus
(Original Caption) The New Colossus from the original manuscript autographed notebook of the poems of Emma Lazarus. Undated text

Background imagePoetry Collection: Poet Dylan Thomas

Poet Dylan Thomas
(Original Caption) Close-up portrait of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Undated photograph

Background imagePoetry Collection: Lithograph of The Death of Minnehaha by William de Leftwich Dodge

Lithograph of The Death of Minnehaha by William de Leftwich Dodge
A color lithograph made after the painting The Death of Minnehaha (1885) by William de Leftwich Dodge. An illustration from the book The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Background imagePoetry Collection: Irish Woman Dressed In Green On Card

Irish Woman Dressed In Green On Card
(Original Caption) Greeting Card: St

Background imagePoetry Collection: Christmas Card with Butterflies and Scarlet Elder

Christmas Card with Butterflies and Scarlet Elder
(Original Caption) Butterflies fly around a vine of scarlet tendrils with the caption "linging Scarlet tendrils may speak my love on Christmas Day." Undated Christmas Card

Background imagePoetry Collection: Father Time Bringing In The New Year

Father Time Bringing In The New Year
(Original Caption) Picture shows "Time Bubbles." Father Time is shown passing in the New Year while pushing away the old

Background imagePoetry Collection: Return Of Ulysses To His Home In Ithica

Return Of Ulysses To His Home In Ithica
(Original Caption) Ulysses kills the freeloaders. The return of Ulysses. Undated engraved illustration

Background imagePoetry Collection: Title Page Of 'Faerie Queen' First Ed

Title Page Of "Faerie Queen" First Ed
(Original Caption) Title page of the first edition of Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queen, " printed in London in 1590 for William Ponsonbie

Background imagePoetry Collection: Lord Byron Overlooking Roman Coliseum

Lord Byron Overlooking Roman Coliseum
(Original Caption) Lord Byron Contemplating the Ruins of Rome. "Oh Rome! My country! City of the soul. The orphans of the hear must return to thee." Undated illustration

Background imagePoetry Collection: Chamber Music Group with Calligraphic Composition

Chamber Music Group with Calligraphic Composition
(Original Caption) Music: Allegorical picture showing an 18th Century Chamber music group with calligraphic composition, reading: "Musick; Musick (sic) is an insearchable and excellent Art

Background imagePoetry Collection: Illus of Woman Nursing Sick Man in Bed

Illus of Woman Nursing Sick Man in Bed
(Original Caption) Illustration from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's (1807-1882) narrative poem "Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie, " 1947

Background imagePoetry Collection: Dante & Beatrice Meet Along The Arno

Dante & Beatrice Meet Along The Arno
(Original Caption) An illustration of Dante and his legendary love Beatrice meeting along the River Arno in Florence. Undated illustration

Background imagePoetry Collection: Engr/Poetry Contest In 1207

Engr/Poetry Contest In 1207
(Original Caption) The Battle of the Bards: Poetic contest in 1207, a tournament of song in which the loser should sacrifice his life as well as his fame. Undated engraving

Background imagePoetry Collection: Anti-Slavery Poem And Illustration

Anti-Slavery Poem And Illustration
A poem in Ladies Department from the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator, published by William Lloyd Garrison (1849)

Background imagePoetry Collection: Engraving of Phillis Wheatley Writing

Engraving of Phillis Wheatley Writing
Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784). Portrait of American poet seated at a desk writing with a quill pen

Background imagePoetry Collection: Socrates Writes Hymn;Death Sentence;Engr

Socrates Writes Hymn;Death Sentence;Engr
(Original Caption) Socrates (C.470-399 B.C.), Greek philosopher

Background imagePoetry Collection: Ogeden Nash

Ogeden Nash
8/11/1953-Ogden Nash, poet, offers his prose when he was a guest panelist on the new CBS Radio Show, "make Up Your Mind" on Monday, August 24th

Background imagePoetry Collection: American Poet Wallace Stevens

American Poet Wallace Stevens
(Original Caption) Wallace Stevens: 1879-1955. American poet born in Reading, Pa. Won Pulitzer Prize for "Collected Poems" in 1954. Photograph

Background imagePoetry Collection: Ogden Nash Writing Christmas Card Verse

Ogden Nash Writing Christmas Card Verse
(Original Caption) 12/21/1956-New York, NY- Facing a battery of inspiration by candlelight, humorous poet Ogden Nash prepares to embark on his new career of writing Christmas card verse

Background imagePoetry Collection: Beatnik Playing Guitar in Cafe

Beatnik Playing Guitar in Cafe
(Original Caption) 7/13/1959-New York, NY- Don Stewart plays guitar as Dick Woods writes poetry, in the Gaslight coffee house in Greenwich Village

Background imagePoetry Collection: T.S. Eliot Reviews Early Poetry

T.S. Eliot Reviews Early Poetry
British poet T.S. Eliot reads through some of his earlier works before a reading for the Modern Poetry Association

Background imagePoetry Collection: Beatnik Reading Poetry; Floutist; Cafe

Beatnik Reading Poetry; Floutist; Cafe
(Original Caption) 11/17/1959-New York, NY: One beatnik reads his poetry to the accompaniment of another's music in a cafe on Thompson Street in Greenwich Village

Background imagePoetry Collection: Gaslight Poetry Cafe, Street View

Gaslight Poetry Cafe, Street View
(Original Caption) 1/11/1961-New York, NY:Gaslight Poetry Cafe, 116 McDougal St. Daily Mirror Collection

Background imagePoetry Collection: R Frost Speaking/Johnson Up To Help Him

R Frost Speaking/Johnson Up To Help Him
(Original Caption) 1/20/1961-Washington, DC- Vice-President Lyndon Johnson lends a hand as poet Robert Frost (left) reads one of his poems during the inaugural ceremonies at the Capitol today

Background imagePoetry Collection: Portrait of Poet e.e. cummings

Portrait of Poet e.e. cummings
(Original Caption) e.e. cummings poet. Photo dated 1962

Background imagePoetry Collection: Poet Anne Sexton in Her Office

Poet Anne Sexton in Her Office
Anne Sexton talks on the phone in her office after winning the Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry: Liver or Die, 1967

Background imagePoetry Collection: Marianne Moore First Lady of American Poetry

Marianne Moore First Lady of American Poetry
(Original Caption) 11/15/1968-New York, NY-: Marianne Moore, the "first lady of American poetry" who celebrates her 81st birthday today

Background imagePoetry Collection: Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian Poet, 1970

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian Poet, 1970

Background imagePoetry Collection: Western Han Dynasty Banner from the Tomb of Dai Hou Fu-Ren

Western Han Dynasty Banner from the Tomb of Dai Hou Fu-Ren
(Original Caption) Mawangtui, China: Color painting on a silk draping found lining the innermost coffin of a 2, 100 year old tomb found in the Hunan Province of China. The painting is 205 cm

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - This seraph band

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - This seraph band
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, This seraph band, each waved his hand, It was a heavenly sight !

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner The ice was all around

Rime of the Ancient Mariner The ice was all around
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The ice was here, the ice was there, the ice was all around

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - upon the rotting sea

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - upon the rotting sea
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, I looked upon the rotting sea, and draw my eyes away

Background imagePoetry Collection: Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer

Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer, writer of " The Canterbury Tales"

Background imagePoetry Collection: Poet's Inspiration, 1785 (oil on canvas) by Mariano Rossi

Poet's Inspiration, 1785 (oil on canvas) by Mariano Rossi
Arkhangelsk Cathedral Museum, Moscow, Russia (Photo by Art Images via Getty Images)

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - done a hellish thing

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - done a hellish thing
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, And I had done a hellish thing, and it would work em woe

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - and still it neared

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - and still it neared
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist ! and still it neared and neared

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - and cursed me

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - and cursed me
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Each turned his face with ghastly pang, and cursed me with his eye

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - My soul in agony

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - My soul in agony
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - I saw that curse

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - I saw that curse
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse, and yet I could not die

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - rain poured down

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - rain poured down
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, And the rain poured down from one black cloud

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - They groaned

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - They groaned
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose, nor spake, not moved their eyes

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - in my soul discerned

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - in my soul discerned
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, I heard and in my soul discerned, two voices in the the air

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - that ship so fast

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - that ship so fast
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, But why drives on that ship so fast, Without or wave or wind

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - moonlight lay

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - moonlight lay
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and on the bay the moonlight lay, and the shadow of the Moon

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner O shrieve me holy man

Rime of the Ancient Mariner O shrieve me holy man
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, O shrieve me, shrieve me, holy man !

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner that his face I see

Rime of the Ancient Mariner that his face I see
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - What loud uproar

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - What loud uproar
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, What loud uproar bursts from that door! The Wedding guests are there

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - So lonely twas

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - So lonely twas
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, So lonely twas, that God himself, Scarce seemed there to be

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner Nor any drop to drink

Rime of the Ancient Mariner Nor any drop to drink
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - in crimson colors came

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - in crimson colors came
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Full many shapes, that shadows were, in crimson colors came

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - I pass like night

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - I pass like night
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, I pass like night from land to land, I have strange power of speech

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The moving Moon went up the sky

Background imagePoetry Collection: Portrait of William Shakespeare

Portrait of William Shakespeare
This 1849 vintage print features the portrait of William Shakespeare

Background imagePoetry Collection: The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales
Vintage engraving of an Illustration and passage from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - hath been stunned

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - hath been stunned
Vintage engraving of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Coleridge. He went like one that hath been stunned. Herbert Cole, 1900

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner Other was a softer voice

Rime of the Ancient Mariner Other was a softer voice
Vintage engraving of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Coleridge. The other was a softer voice. Herbert Cole, 1900

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Bride

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Bride
Vintage engraving of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Coleridge. The bride hath paced into the hall. Herbert Cole, 1900

Background imagePoetry Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Vintage engraving of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Coleridge. It is an ancient mariner. Herbert Cole, 1900



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